1. How to search effectively: Database searching and Refworks
UWE Bristol Library
Learning Services
2018/19

2. Learning outcomes Develop an effective search strategy
Identify relevant subject databases
Search for journal articles using those databases
Manage your references

3. Truncation and phrase searching
The search process
Identify the key concepts
Success of search dependent on keywords
Creative thinking on initial keywords to think of related or alternative terms
Use thesauri, dictionaries, index or content pages from relevant books
Truncation and phrase searching

4. Identify key concepts
Discuss the impact of social media on young peoples’ wellbeing over the last 10 years.

5. Find synonyms Social media Young people Wellbeing Mental health
Social networks
Adolescents
Resilience
Instagram
Teenagers
Facebook
Teens
Twitter
Young adults
Snapchat

6. Social media
Young people
Wellbeing
“Social media” OR
“Young people”
“Mental health”
“Social network*”
Adolescent*
Well-being
OR “Well being”
Instagram
Teenager*
Facebook
Teens
Twitter
“Young adult*”
Snapchat

7. OR search
“Social media”
“Social network*”

8. OR search
“Young people”
Teenager*
“Young Adult*”

9. OR search
Wellbeing
“Mental health”

10. Constructing your search
“Social media” OR “Social network*”
AND
“Young people” OR “Young adult*” OR Teenager*
Wellbeing OR “Mental health”
Search on: Library Search or Database list

11. Constructing your search
Legal OR Law OR Legislation
AND
“Essay mill*” OR “Paper mill*”
“higher education” OR Universit* OR College*

12. “Social media” OR “Social network*”
Friendship* OR Relationship*
“Young people” OR “Young adult*” OR Teenager*
Articles matching this criteria will be returned
AND search

13. RefWorks demo
What is it?
Why use it?
How to use it?

14. RefWorks

15. Alternative reference management software
Mendeley:
End note Basic Online:
Paperpile:
Zotero:
There are free versions of all the products listed and you are welcome to use any of them
BUT……………………..they are not currently supported by UWE Bristol and do not always cite up to date versions of UWE Harvard. You will need to adapt your reference list using the UWE Harvard Guide

16. Further help Finding information workbook Guide to using RefWorks
Database guides (on database listing)
Ask a Librarian
Faculty specific workbooks

17. Other workshops